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(3) Mundauggun \manda agnt], when a man hath
a great stomack, but when sees victualls cannot eat
halfe what hee thought hee could ; from hence
cometh weakness.
(4) Summauggun \sama agni~\^ when a man hath a
good Stomack and what hee eateth turneth to digestion,
then is a man in good health.
Harl. MS. 4254, fol. 31a.
(F) The Hindoos 4 Auguns \_agnty digestive power]
proceed as followeth :—First, when a mans body
aboundes with Pit and Cuff, thence ariseth the Bich
maugun. When abounds with Pit alone, then ariseth
Mandaugun. And when the body is proportioned
with all alike, thence ariseth Summaugun, which is
perfect health.
Harl. MS. 4254, fol. 15a,
(c) Nilgunt [Nilkanth], [a] Doctor at Huglie,
Hindoo, saith That in mans body are 7 Dhauts \dhatu,
essential part] or Digestions or Mettalls, vizt.9 the
meat turns first into a juice [chyle] which is the first
Dhaut; then to Blood, 2 ; Then to Flesh, 3 ; Then to
Fatt, 4 ; Then to Bones, 5 ; Then to Marrow, 6 ;
Then to Seed, 7.
Harl. MS. 4254, fol. 16a.
(ff) Bidgenaut [Baijnath], the Hindoo Doctor at
Pattana, saith That ill digestion proceeds from over-
clogging it, as fire, if much fewell laid upon it, will
extinguish and suffocate it: so the stomack, if over-
charged, the natural heat will extinguish.
Harl. MS. 4254, fol. 32.
(e) The Hindoos also say that there are 7 Dauts or
Metalls in man and as many humors or drosses